Phillip Davey (1896–1953) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria
Cross. Along with his unit, the 10th Battalion, he landed at Anzac Cove,
Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915. He fought with his unit against the
Ottoman army until he was evacuated sick in early November. He rejoined
his battalion on the Western Front in October 1916. In January 1918 he
was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in rescuing a wounded man
under fire. He was promoted to corporal in April. On 28 June, in the
lead-up to the capture of Merris, he killed an eight-man German machine-
gun crew, saving his platoon from annihilation, for which he was awarded
the Victoria Cross. During this action he was severely wounded. He
returned to Australia to be discharged, and was employed by South
Australian Railways before dying in 1953, having suffered for years with
bronchitis and emphysema. His medals are displayed in the Hall of Valour
at the Australian War Memorial.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Davey>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1846:
Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the
saxophone (example pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Sax>
1956:
Polish workers demanding better working conditions began
massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the
Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_protests_of_1956>
2016:
Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people
and injuring more than 230 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Atat%C3%BCrk_Airport_attack>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
onager:
1. The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the
horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian
wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
2. (military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a
bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/onager>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not
be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we
may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these
smaller differences.
--John Wesley
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wesley>
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